[2025-11-14] Split Enz "ENZyclopedia: Volumes One And Two" 5CD box set (Chrysalis UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Aug 17, 2025 3:07 pm

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Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMP6JDSX/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FMP6JDSX/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMP6JDSX/?tag=imwan-21

Description
Split Enz present 'Enzyclopedia', a new series exploring the enduring musical legacy of one of New Zealand's most influential and innovative groups. 'Enzyclopedia Volumes One & Two' marks 50 years since the release of the band's debut album 'Mental Notes' with a deluxe 5-CD boxset compiled in collaboration with the band.

Disc one features 'Mental Notes' (1975), the band's bold and theatrical debut album, newly remastered from transfers of the original master tapes. Disc two presents Eddie Rayner's dynamic new stereo mixes of 'Second Thoughts' (1976), the UK-recorded follow up which set the stage for their international breakthrough. The third disc includes a remastered version of the album's original stereo mix.

Disc four features 'The Beginning Of The Enz', a collection of the band's formative singles. The set concludes with 'Wide Angle Enz' on disc five - a trove of previously unreleased and rare material, including newly remixed live recordings from the band's 1975 Ormond Hall show, and rough mixes from the making of 'Second Thoughts' recently uncovered in the Chrysalis archives.

Five CDs housed in tri-fold sleeve within a rigid slipcase, accompanied by an obi-strip, and a 40-page booklet with a wealth of previously unpublished photographs, rare memorabilia, and commentary by Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Wally Wilkinson, Mike Chunn, and Phil Manzanera. Expertly remastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Studios in London.

Tracklist
[CD1: Mental Notes - 2025 Remaster]
1. Walking Down A Road
2. Under The Wheel
3. Amy (Darling)
4. So Long For Now
5. Stranger Than Fiction
6. Time For A Change
7. Maybe
8. Titus
9. Spellbound
10. Mental Notes

[CD2: Second Thoughts - 2025 Eddie Rayner Remix]
1. Late Last Night
2. Walking Down A Road
3. Titus
4. Lovey Dovey
5. Sweet Dreams
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. Time For A Change
8. Matinee Idyll
9. The Woman Who Loves You

[CD3: Second Thoughts - Original Stereo Mix, 2025 Remaster]
1. Late Last Night
2. Walking Down A Road
3. Titus
4. Lovey Dovey
5. Sweet Dreams
6. Stranger Than Fiction
7. Time For A Change
8. Matinee Idyll
9. The Woman Who Loves You
10. Mental Notes

[CD4: The Beginning Of The Enz]
1. Spellbound (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
2. No Bother To Me (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
3. Malmsbury Villa (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
4. Sweet Talking Spoon Song (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
5. Lovey Dovey (2025 Eddie Rayner Remix)
6. 129 (2025 Remaster)
7. Split Ends (2025 Remaster)
8. For You (2025 Remaster)
9. Home Sweet Home (2025 Remaster)

[CD5: Wide Angle Enz]
1. Sweet Dreams (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
2. LAte Last Night (Archival Rough Mix)
3. Stranger Than Fiction ('Mental Notes' Version, Eddie Rayner Remix)
4. 129 (MAtinee Idyll) (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
5. Titus (Archival Rough Mix)
6. Under The Wheel (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)
7. Time For A Change (Live At Ormond Hall, Eddie Rayner Remix)

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ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

Could easily be a 2-3 CD set.
I was lucky to see their final concert in 1984 and their 1 off final show in 2010.
Hopefully the sound isn't compressed to hell and back like the previous remastering

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:41 am

A packshot has been added to the first post.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59403

I love the version of Time For A Change off the Second Thoughts album (the one produced by Phil Manzanera), but I have all this stuff in other forms so...I'm not sure I'll get this.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2025 11:27 am

The USA pre-order link in the first post is now active.

[2025-11-14] Split Enz "ENZyclopedia: Volumes One And Two" 5CD box set (Chrysalis UK)

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